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Career Path Surprises: What Herb Alpert Can Teach Us
I had the joy this month of attending a concert by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. It’s a national tour that celebrates his 90th birthday and the 60th anniversary of the 1965 #1 hit album Whipped Cream. What I thought I wanted to write about was his sharing that when his 98-year-old sister asked […]
How Sue Inspires Me: Recognizing Administrative Professionals Day. What Keeps YOU Going?
Sue seems ageless to me. She’s been my administrative assistant two days a month for 15 years now. At first, I thought Sue mostly wanted my very part-time work as a retirement income supplement. Then a couple years in, I learned that she found the work meaningful, helping me help people, a part of my […]
Creation Out of Chaos
Whether chaos of career or country, it can signify a state before creation where something entirely new and yet unknown has the potential to emerge. I’ve seen the chaos of COVID-19 cause people to re-examine values and make big time career changes. My hope is that the chaos of the country will cause kindness, compassion […]
Uncertainty: Book Excerpt
“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” John Allen Paulos So many unknowns can create negative emotions during your job search, such as waiting to hear back on an email or after an interview. There will be unexpected questions during an interview for which […]
Honoring Black History Month and Careers
My heart has been broken by the dismantling of the progress our country has made following our country’s second original sin of capturing and enslaving Africans (the first being genocide of the indigenous original inhabitants of this land). President Trump “officially recognized” Black History Month just a couple weeks after signing executive orders in his […]